Native Rhythms Festival

Sicanni is no stranger to Native Rhythms, but this November will be the first time he'll be on stage as a headline performer. For the last few years, he's been a standout at our Thursday evening open mic gathering at the Candlewood, and he has had a booth in our Vendor Village. Sicanni provides a unique sound when he picks up a pan flute, playing it expertly. In fact, he says he can play 7 different Native American types of flutes. Check out his background further on our Performers' webpage (https://nativerhythmsfestival.com/performers/ ). Welcome, Sicanni.

For all you Painted Raven fans, YES! Annette, Holly, and Kimberly will once again grace our Wickham Park amphitheater stage this November. And, if you love the Painted Raven drumming with flutes workshop, I believe we have an agreement to do it once more. They'll be here! Will you?

A new 2026 Vendors' webpage is now available on our Native Rhythms website at https://nativerhythmsfestival.com/2026-vendors/ . At this early date, the most important info on that page are the links to the vendor rules and agreement form, at the bottom of the page. If you are interested in becoming a vendor this year, go there to get all you need to apply.

Please share! FIHA's Annual Native American Powwow- St Lucie County
This year Lash and Steel's John Bailey couldn't make it - so he arranged for Nate Middleton to join us! He makes his own whips and we are excited to have him join us.
Our event is mostly under cover, so it is rain or shine! We do have bleachers, but if you want to bring your own chairs, you are welcome to. Also, there is an ATM on site, but you may want to bring cash in case you want to purchase from any vendors that don't accept cards.
The committee booth will be selling t-shirts, coffee, water and some snacks. (we do have food vendors for meals, Native food and other items) All of the profits from these items goes back into putting on the next powwow- the more we raise, the bigger and better powwow for next year! We are a 501c3 run completely by unpaid volunteers.
Invite some friends!

We have just contracted with the Candlewood Suites Hotel to once again be our official NRF festival weekend residence (Nov 13-15) in 2026. Guests can now call in their reservations directly to the Melbourne Hotel desk at 321-821-9009. Use the event code "NAR" to get the special Native Rhythms Festival rate of $109 (plus taxes) for a suite with either a single bed, or 2 double beds, per night. Check out their standard rates on line, and you will see this is a savings of about $90 per night. For more information on the Candlewood Suites at Native Rhythms, visit our Lodging/Camping webpage at: https://nativerhythmsfestival.com/lodging-camping/. It hasn't been unusual for all of the rooms blocked out for us at these outstanding rates to be booked long before festival weekend, so reserve your rooms as soon as possible. BTW, this is where our headline performers will be living festival weekend!